According to IMDB, Friday Night Lights earned a little more than $20 million during the opening weekend.

In May, Variety reported a "reimagining" of Bissinger's book is in the works. With Pineapple Express' David Gordon directing, the movie will neither be a sequel to the film nor a continuation of the NBC series, but will be a "new property" still based on Bissinger's 1990 book.

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